
Bad Faith pt 1
A hot breeze blew through his open window as he looked at his stack of books by Rousseau, Hegel, Darwin, Nietzsche, Marx and Goethe's Faust. His holy book lie open with words scribbled out and written over.
A contemplative space
— Aristotle, Metaphysics IV, 1011b25
Ink & Incense is a contemplative space to think and attempt to think well by writing and reading good books. Let's practice loving the Lord with all of our minds.
"But God appeared in her darkest night, to save her life with Jesus Christ."
— Forgotten's Countenance, Paul David Burton
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A hot breeze blew through his open window as he looked at his stack of books by Rousseau, Hegel, Darwin, Nietzsche, Marx and Goethe's Faust. His holy book lie open with words scribbled out and written over.

What can be said that is new on the subject? The immutable glory of God pours through the text into our eyes and mind. A contemplative reading of the opening verses of Scripture.

Information is immensely valuable and appealing. What if the most privileged information available to us has been sitting on our shelves all along?

Forgotten frees herself from sorrow, thinking of what she didn't borrow; that better things will come tomorrow.